The ionic liquids N-methylpyridinium-2-carboxaldehyde Tf(2)N(-) and N-methylpyridinium-3-carboxaldehyde Tf(2)N(-) form readily-reversible covalent bonds with protic nucleophiles, creating all-liquid constitutionally dynamic materials.

A convenient route for the preparation of C2-substituted imidazolium ionic liquids is reported. This method involves the alkylation of N-heterocyclic carbenes, which are readily generated from the C2-unsubstituted imidazolium ionic liquids. It works well for non-functionalized alkyl chlorides, and less well for alkyl bromides and iodides, likely due to competing elimination reactions. The resul...

Extraction of dilute metal ions from water was performed near room temperature with a variety of ionic liquids. Distribution coefficients are reported for fourteen metal ions extracted with ionic liquids containing cations 1-octyl-4-methylpyridinium [4MOPYR], 1-methyl-1octylpyrrolidinium [MOPYRRO] or 1-methyl-1-octylpiperidinium [MOPIP], and anions tetrafluoroborate [BF4], trifluoromethyl sulfo...

A facile combinatorial strategy was developed for the construction of libraries of functionalized chiral ionic liquids (FCILs) including doubly chiral ionic liquids and bis-functional chiral ionic liquids. These FCIL libraries have the potential to be used as asymmetric catalysts or chiral ligands. As an example, novel asymmetric bifunctional catalysts were developed by simultaneously incorpora...

a new simple model is introduced for a liquid and an equation of state is derived based on this model and the statistical mechanical calculations. this equation of state works well for the non-polar and slightly polar liquids. the important conclusion that may be deduced from this equation of state is that if the reduced variables of state are chosen and defined appropriately, then, the princip...

in recent years, demand for biological sensors which are capable of fast and accurate detection of minor amounts of pathogens inreal‑time form has been intensified. acoustic wave (aw) devices whose performance is determined by mass sensitivity parametersand quality factor are used in biological sensors as platforms with high quality. yet, current aw devices are facing many challengessuch as the...

Ionic liquid based systems are used to facilitate the cationic polymerization of isobutylene conventional grade polyisobutylene (PIB) using AlCl3 as an initiator. Specifically, compound 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (IL) is employed a reference system due its simplicity, well polyionic (PIL), prepared via radical 1-butyl-3-vinylimidazolium chloride, and halloysite clay (Hal) supported io...

Vibrational cooling rate of the first excited singlet (S(1)) state of trans-stilbene and bulk thermal diffusivity are measured for seven room temperature ionic liquids, C(2)mimTf(2)N, C(4)mimTf(2)N, C(4)mimPF(6), C(5)mimTf(2)N, C(6)mimTf(2)N, C(8)mimTf(2)N, and bmpyTf(2)N. Vibrational cooling rate measured with picosecond time-resolved Raman spectroscopy reflects solute-solvent and solvent-solv...

The solubility of n-butane and 2-methylpropane (isobutane) in three ionic liquids - 1-(2-methylpropyl)-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [(2mC3)C1im][Ntf2], 1-(3-methylbutyl)-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [(3mC4)C1im][Ntf2] and 1-methyl-3-pentylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [C5C1im][Ntf2] - has been measured at atmospheric pressure fro...

Over the past two decades synchrotron facilities dedicated to the generation of xrays for study of atoms, molecules and condensed matter have proliferated in Europe, Asia and the United States. As a result of the special properties of x-rays produced by these machines, there has been an enormous growth in the experimental possibilities. In this work we will demonstrate how these special propert...